No person shall operate any bowling alley or poolroom within the city without first securing a permit for the construction and operation thereof from the city council. An application for such permit shall set forth the name of the proprietor proposing to construct and operate the bowling alley or poolroom, the location where the same is to be operated and such other matters as the council may, from time to time, prescribe.
(Code 1964 §§ 5-7, 5-8; Code 1985 § 5-28)
Upon favorable action by the council on an application for a permit required by SCC § 5.10.080, the permit shall be issued. The council shall have the right to determine whether or not the proposed location is a proper one for the operation of a bowling alley or poolroom and if, in its judgment, it deems it an improper place or the person operating the same an improper person to operate such alley or poolroom, it may decline to grant such permit.
(Code 1964 § 5-3; Code 1985 § 5-29)
The city council shall have the right, at any time, to revoke any permit for the operation of bowling alley or poolroom, if in the opinion of the council, the operation of the bowling alley or poolroom in question is harmful to the public interests. In case of the revocation of the permit by the council, any license tax paid by the operator under the provisions of the license tax ordinance shall not be prorated or refunded.
(Code 1964 § 5-9; Code 1985 § 5-30)